Mental Health
Mental Health
The outbreak of COVID-19 may be stressful for many people. It’s important to remember that everyone reacts differently to stressful situations. Fear and anxiety about a disease can cause strong emotions in both adults and children. Coping with stress will make you, the people you care about, and your community stronger. Please use the resources below to help support your mental wellbeing, and your family's, during this challenging time.
If you, or someone you care about, are feeling overwhelmed with emotions like sadness, depression or anxiety, or feel like you want to harm yourself or others, call 911
- Call **CRISIS from a mobile phone or from a land line, call your county crisis team.
- Call the McLeod Mental Health Crisis Line at (320) 253-5555
- Help by text is also available, 24/7. Text MN to 741741.
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
- SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline at 1-800-985-5990
Peer Support Connection Warmlines: Peer to peer telephone support line that’s safe and supportive. Hours: 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. Phone: 844-739-6369
Adara Home Health – 320-753-0936 Andrea.Anderson@adarahomehealth.com Nurses available to coordinate in-home telehealth visits with mental health providers
Hutchinson Health Mental Health Line (320) 484-4585 or via telehealth services
Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder Resources. https://fasttrackermn.org
Community Resources
Tips to Reduce COVID-19 Anxiety (PDF)
Care for Your Coronavirus Anxiety
Managing Stress and the Threat of COVID-19 (PDF)
SAMHSA Behavioral Health Tips for Social Distancing, Quarantine, and Isolation during an Infectious Disease Outbreak
Psychological First Aid & COVID-19: A Minnesota Community Support Model (PDF)
Taking Care of Yourself in Isolation
Child and Family Resources
Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus NPR education reporter Cory Turner's story about what kids want to know about coronavirus spurred creation of this comic.
Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope With the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Fact sheet
Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource provided by the National Association of School Psychologists
Mental illness support resources
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) COVID-19 Information and Resources
NHA: Living with Mental Illness during COVID-19 Outbreak– Preparing for your wellness
Online Support
- http://aa-intergroup.org for online AA meetings click on the blue “Go” under “Online Meeting Directory
- “Pause A While” is hosting a free conference call for AA meetings – 2 p.m. every day, Dial-in number: (425) 436-6360…access code: 422932# *If any extra help is needed for the “Pause A While” AA meetings contact: pauldart@pausewhile.org
- secularaa.org to find online secular and agnostic AA meetings (including men’s only and women’s only meetings)
- smartrecovery.org/community/ to sign in or register for online community and online meetings. Also to find online reading SMART materials (so you can view if you don’t have SMART material at home)
- na.org for online NA meetings. Form the “Home” page, hold mouse over “For Our Members” tab and click on “Virtual Meetings” and make your choice from that web page. You may want to read the instructions and guidelines first.
- virtual-na.org brings you right to other online and by phone NA meetings around the world.
- intherooms.com is hosting both NA and AA meetings. Go to site, scroll down on main page till you see list of different meetings, topics and schedules.
- alanon.org at website go to drop box on right and pick “find a meeting”, then scroll down to “Electronic Meetings” and click the blue “Find and Electronic meeting” tab. Next click “Please click here to view Phone List Meetings”.
Coping with rural stress University of MN Extension page https://extension.umn.edu/rural-stress
Stress and Crisis: Get Help Now – MN Department of Agriculture page https://www.mda.state.mn.us/about/mnfarmerstress/copingstress
Statewide Mental Health Resources